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The TOHOKU Wave Model

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Ocean Wave Modeling

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The tohoku model is a hybrid model, since it combines a single-parameter growth equation for wind wave with swell components and includes an interchange between swells and wind waves.

Sanshiro Kawai died on November 21, 1981.

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Toba, Y., Kawai, S., Joseph, P.S. (1985). The TOHOKU Wave Model. In: Ocean Wave Modeling. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6055-2_19

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